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Villa Creek Restaurant Review

1144 Pine St. (12th St.) Send to Phone
Paso RoblesCA 93446
805-238-3000 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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Quality “early California” fare based on local and sustainable producers, plus good local wines and a central downtown location. Villa Creek Restaurant is one of our 2012 | Top 10 Central Coast (CA) Wine List Restaurants |

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Perched right on the square in downtown Paso Robles, Villa Creek is as popular a watering hole as a restaurant, with a full bar, several microbrews on tap, and notable wines-by-the-glass, including owner Cris Cherry’s Villa Creek Cellars Rhônes. In the kitchen, chef Tom Fundaro is an avid proponent of local and sustainable producers, striving to source as much as possible within 100 miles of the restaurant. The “early California” dinner menu changes seasonally and often even nightly, but plan on enjoying dishes such as house-made sausage served with local favorite Rinconada Dairy’s farmstead sheep’s milk cheese; wild salmon with black bean salad and a bright chile sauce; or a blackened rib-eye with house-made chipotle ketchup. The staff is always happy to accommodate vegetarian requests. From the bar menu, enjoy guacamole made with Central Coast Hass avocados, as well as local artisan goat cheese. Locals also enjoy Taco Tuesday in the bar, with tasty tacos such as pork belly or shredded beef available for only $2. The bustling bar overlooks the square, but you can also sit on the pleasant outdoor patio in back, or in the high-ceilinged, Mission-style dining room.

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